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• Adolphine Jeanette Tielenius Kruythoff, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Trijntje Spans, Vollenhove
• Ricky Jansen

• Barbara Maria Rosalia Nuijten (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Andringa (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend van Dijk (41), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Anna Hoogeveen (50)
• Adriaantje van Vliet (91), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelious Irvin Johnson (85), Columbia, Boone County Missouri
• Alida Helena Hoogeveen (50), Wassenaar
• Bernardus Johannes van Bragt (49), Leiden
• Adrianus Johannes Koster (63), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• Albert Van Langenhove (44), Oordegem

• 1978 » Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1978 » Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete
• 1978 » Hernán Rodrigo López, Uruguayan footballer
• 1978 » Peter von Allmen, Swiss cross-country skier
• 1979 » Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
• 1979 » Byung-hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player
• 1979 » Melendi, Spanish singer
• 1979 » Quinton Jacobs, Namibian footballer
• 1979 » Sebastian Schindzielorz, German footballer
• 1979 » Spider Loc, American rapper and actor

• 1977 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1978 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Lamar Williams, American bass player (b. 1949)
• 1984 » Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)
• 1984 » Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)
• 1985 » Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
• 1985 » James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)
• 1988 » Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Mark
7. David
8. Dennis
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Richard
12. Pieter
13. Paul
14. Erik
15. Bart
16. Gerrit

1. Maria
2. Wendy
3. Marieke
4. Anna
5. Kim
6. Sandra
7. Johanna
8. Linda
9. Vanessa
10. Judith
11. Monique
12. Esther
13. Jessica
14. Jennifer
15. Patricia
16. Nathalie

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
• July 15 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
• September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
• September 14 » Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
• September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
• November 16 » The first line of Bucharest Metro (Line M1) is opened from Timpuri Noi to Semănătoarea in Bucharest, Romania.
• November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.

The temperature on January 21, 1979 was between -3.8 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.